Seat-iron.



PATENTED MAR. 31,1903;

e. W. LUKE. I SEAT IRON.

APPLICATION FILED B BPT. 12, 1907- INVENTORI GEORGE W. LUKE.

A-r TO FIN 5Y5.

citizen of the United States of America, re-

Refe elevation 0% 1 to, project over the top poring aperture transverselyf to, thes'hank and shaped foot lflof the goose neck 1 1,, which at its upper end is adaptedto' receive the bow ingrdrawings.

UNITED STATES GEORGE W. LUKE, OF

PATENT OFFICE.

JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

sEA'r-moN.

Specification of Letters i Patent. Application filed September 12, 1907. Serial No. 392,4;42.

Patented March 31, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE 'W. LUKE, a

sidin at Jackson, in the county of Jackson and tate of Michigan, have invented'certain. new and useful Improvements in Seat-Irons, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanyhis invention relates to vehicle seat irons for canopy top and particularly to an arrangement of the parts whereby they are adjustable for different positionsof to iro and for different forms thereof and w ere they are practically concealed by the upholz stery when the top is nmovedand do not materially change the lines or the. design of the body.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth, and more particularly pointed out in the a ended claims.

tot edraw' ,Figurelisan the seat iron si owing it in position on the seat. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional elevation of the adjustable connections. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line X X Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view showing the seat iron in its ino erative condition:

n the drawingss, 1- represents theend of a vehicle seat to t e inner sides of which the seat irons for the cano y top are secured. Each seat iron hasa ilattened lower part forming a shank2 held in place bysuiwela means such as the clamping plate or infill secured to the seat. The upper end of the 1 seat iron is formed integrally with the shank;

with-an outwardly turned socket 5 adapted (if the seatland provided withinterior screw-threads 6 adapted to receive thescrew-threaded' shank 8 of a bracket support 7, the same be" adjustablyheld in ad'usted position by it heck nut 9 which pe ts minute; and accurate adjustment; The body of thebracket support, which is exteriorl finished to conform to the design is provid at its outer end with a taorms "a socket for the correspondingly of the canopy topand at its lower end termma in a scrcw-threadedexten'sion 13 on which anut 14 and lc'cking washer-"15.

Preferably the nut 14 is split and tapered and telescopes with the washer, the parts being firmly drawn to ether and prevented 'from rattling and wor ing loose. By this arrangement of parts, the seat-iron may be secured at any rake or slant and the bracket support beadjusted properly therein tocarry the goose neck, sli ht angularadjustment of both parts ,in p anes transverse to each other meetingan minor variations in thetop iron, so that t clatter may always be properly positioned to hold the top itself taut, and to take up any slack appearing after the top is first mounted; The goose neck may be removed and suitable top II'ODS for socalled haeton tops may then be directly securefto-the bracket support and if no top is carried the bracket may also be removed and a cap .16 inserted, which is then the only visible part, the rest being concealed by the upholstery.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The combination with a vehicle body of a seat iron secured to the inner side of the seat frame, and having aninteriorl screwthreaded. socket extending outwar ly fromthe upper-end thereof, a bracket support having a shank in screw-threaded enga e-' ment. with the socket, a check-nut on t e shank bearin against the socket and a goose neck remova ly secured to the outer end of f "in s aperture...

I The combination with, a of. a seattiron having a flattened lower portion secilred to the inner side of the vehithe bracket support, the bracketsupport be- 355. ,provided w1th a tapering aperture and" oosenfigk with a corresponding foot vehicle body, i

cle seat, an, outturned horizontal interiorly 3. The combination with a vehicle body.

of a seat iron secured to the inner side of the ing washer telescoping with seat having an inte a1 ontturned interiorly "bracket support havin a screw-threaded gooseneck reinovatbly secured to the outer end of the bra oket support. 1'0

screw-threaded soc et at its upper end, a

In testimony whereof I effix my ssgn'eture shank engeglng into sai socket and a check- 1 1n presence oftwo witnesses.

nut on the shank bearing against the end of GEORGE W. LUKE.

tlne socket the bracket sufiport being pro- Witnesses: 'vlded at its outer end wit an aperture at W. O. WELLMAN,

J. H. HASTINGS.

right angles to the axis of the shank and a 

